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“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 98(7);
“community remedy document” means the community remedy document (as revised from time to time) published under section 101 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 for the police area where the offence in question was committed;
“excluded offence” has the meaning given by section 98(6);
“indictable-only offence” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable only on indictment;
“investigating officer” means—
an officer of Revenue and Customs appointed in accordance with section 2(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, or
a person designated as a policing support officer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;
“police detention” has the same meaning as in the 1984 Act (see section 118(2) of that Act);
“prosecution authority” means—
the Attorney General;
the Director of Public Prosecutions;
the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;
the Secretary of State;
a person prescribed in regulations;
“victim”, in relation to an offence, means the particular person who appears to have been affected, or principally affected, by the offence.
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